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WGUS81 KBUF 142357
FLSBUF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
757 PM EDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
YORK...
BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN AFFECTING LEWIS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT BY 200 AM EDT.
NYC045-049-150600-
/O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260315T0552Z/
/ARTN6.1.ER.260313T0522Z.260314T0615Z.260314T2351Z.NO/
757 PM EDT SAT MAR 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE, FARMLAND FLOODING BEGINS IN
THE FLATS WITH SOME ROADS FLOODED. MINOR DAMAGES TO RIVERFRONT
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN DEXTER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.08 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:45 PM EDT SATURDAY WAS 10.52 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN TO 8.8 FEET TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4392 7531 4374 7550 4397 7567 4392 7606
4405 7612 4408 7559
TMA
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